Imaging an asperity of the 2003 Tokachi-oki earthquake using a dense strong-motion seismograph network

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1104-1116

  Honda, R ^a   Aoi, S ^b   Sekiguchi, H ^c   Fujiwara, H ^b  

^a HOT SPRINGS RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF KANAGAWA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthquake source observations; Time series analysis; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ASPERITY; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT PLANE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SEISMOGRAPH; STRONG MOTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

EID: 39049169951     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03702.x     Document Type: Article

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